Q. I am a GS civilian (non-Department of Defense) who was stationed in Germany and returned to the states in April. I am still with the same agency, so my leave transferred. However, I carried over about 275 hours of annual leave, and now my pay and leave statement states that I have to use about 250 hours (use or lose) before the end of the year. While stationed overseas, I had a 360-hour use/lose ceiling. Now my agency says I have only a 240-hour ceiling. I thought my ceiling could remain at 360 hours or, if applicable, and in my…